What has Alexander the Great to do with Jesus Christ? Or the
legendary king's conquest of the Persian Empire (335-23 BCE) to do
with the prophecies of the Old Testament? In many ways, the early
Christian writings on Alexander and his legacy provide a lens
through which it is possible to view the shaping of the literature
and thought of the early church in the Greek East and the Latin
West. This book articulates that fascinating discourse for the
first time by focusing on the early Christian use of Alexander.
Delving into an impressively deep pool of patristic literature
written between 130-313 CE, Christian Thrue Djurslev offers
original interpretations of various important authors, from the
learned lawyer Tertullian to the 'Christian Cicero' Lactantius, and
from the apologist Tatian to the first church historian Eusebius.
He demonstrates that the early Christian adaptations of the
Alexandrian myths created a new tradition that has continued to
develop and expand ever since. This innovative work of reception
studies is important reading for all scholars of Alexander the
Great and early church history.
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